Change will make search for email users easier

A change in UAB’s global address list for the campus and UAB Medicine email systems will make it easier for users to search for email addresses across UAB.

The current format for searching email user names is in alphabetical order based on First Name, Middle and then Last Name.

On July 22, the global address list change will modify the search order to Last Name, First Name Middle, Suffix. This will make it easier and quicker for users to find the correct email address on campus.

New incoming messages will bear the new name order for senders, but old messages will retain the old name order.

Feedback from campus customers prompted the change, and the proposal was reviewed by an advisory committee of IT employees from across campus.

UAB IT is coordinating with HSIS to make the change across the University and UAB Medicine.

If you have any questions about the change, please contact AskIT (for campus customers) at askit.uab.edu or HSIS (for hospital employees).

If you have feedback or suggestions for improvements to technology at UAB, please visit SPARK at ideas.uab.edu.